Phonograph-record cabinet



May 13, 1924. 1,494,258

R. LJE3EFUD PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET Filed Aug. 22 W22 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 fiaviaiifieria ATTORNEY WITNESS:

1,494,258 R. LIBERIO PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET Filed Aug. 22 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

WILLIAM TELL GAVA LIE R RUSTIGA NA 4 mum 41 Jialpfi 175597 5 0 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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RALPH LIBERIO, OF PHILADELPHIA, EENNS YLVANIA.

PHONOGRAIH-RECORD CABINET.

Application filed August 22, 1922. Serial No. 583,674.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH Lrsnnro, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at West Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Phonograph-Record Cabinets, or which the following is a specification.

The object 01 this invention is to provide a cabinet record holding phonograph or similartallring machine with means, actuated by the withdrawal of a record therefrom for visibly displaying the title of the music on the record, the name 01": the author, and if desired, a photograph or other representation of the author.

'A further object is to produce a device of this character in which indicia' relative to the name of the music. on a disk record, the name off the author of the music, and it necessary, a photograph of the author will be displayed upon the withdrawal of any of the records in a cabinet, and also whereinthe indicia thus brought to view will be illuminated, if desired. I I

The invent-ion further resides in'the con struction, combination and operative asso- Qciationof parts such as is set forth in the Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, with,

parts broken. away and parts in section.

Figure 3 is a sectional view approximate ly on the line 8-3 of Figure 2. I

Figure 4: is a horizontal sectional View. ap proximately on the line 4t-et of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the swingable disk record holding'plates, and illustrating in diagram the circuit maker for the electric illuminating means. I

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a cabinet phonograph which may be of the usual design.

The phonograph, below its tone chamber is provided with upper and lower compartments that are normally closed by doors 2-2 and 33 respectively.

For distinction, the compartments are indicated by the numerals 4; and 5 respectively, a common housing including a top wall. 6 and a rear wall '7 being being provided for both compartments. The rear wall 7, at the bottom of the upper compartment a and likewise at the bottom of the lower compartment 5 is provided with laterally disposed vertically arranged elongated openings 8 and 9 respectively. Pivotally secured, as at 10, to suitable cleats on the front and at the bottom of the respective compartments at and 5 there are bars 11 and 1:2 respeptively that form the swingable bottom for the compartments 4 and 5. In each of the compartments there are any desired number of partitions 13, and betweenthese partitions the floor members 11 and 12 are arranged. The bars 11 andlQ are normally tilted downwardly by the weight ofrecords 14.- thereon, and the partitionsare so arranged that any of the records 1-1 may be readily withdrawn from the cabinet and arranged on the revoluble t able otthecmachine.

Above the upper compartments a and below the tone chamber of the phonograph the cabinet 1 has its front face provided with an opening, and secured to both the longitudinal and transverse walls of this opening there are inwardly inclined elements which provide an inwardly directed flange, 15. On the side flanges 15 there are secured inwardly directed reflectors 16, and in each of these reflectors there is alam 3 bulb 17.

The opening surroun ed by the inwardly directed flanges are designed to have automatically arranged to the rear thereof cards 18 removably arranged in suitable casings 19. These cards in the showingflflof the drawings, have inscribed thereon the names of the several pieces of music on the records, but in addition to this the said cards may have inscribed thereon the name of the author of the pieces and a photographic copy 01' the author.

The cards are arranged in a lower series to be operated by means actuated by the withdrawal of the records 14 from the lower compartments 5 and into an upper series which are actuated by the withdrawal of the records 14 from the upper compartments 1. The casings 19 for the upper serie of cards 18 are secured on plates 20, and the casings 19 for the lower seriesof cards are secured on similar plates 21, the latter, however, 'being'of a greater length than the plates-20. On the upper wall 6 of the housing for the compartments there are secured cleats 22., and to each of these cleats there are connected rods 23. The upper ends of the rods 23 support thereon transversely arranged plate 24.

Above and to the sides of the plate. 2L there are cleats 25 respectively. To these cleats, and to the lower plates 21 there are connected springs 26 respectively. To ,the top 6 of the compartment housing or to the sides of the cleats 23 and to the upper plates 20 there are secured springs 27. It will be apparent that the springs 26 and 27 will influence the plates 20 and 21 to bring the cards 18 thereon to the rear of the flanged side opening 15.

Secured to each of the series of upper cards 18, as near to the center as possible, there is a flexible element 28, each ofwhich being trained around suitably supported grooved wheels 29, and the lower ends of each of the said elements 28 are secured to eyes on the inner ends of the bars 12 in the lower compartments 5. In a similar manner, flexible elements 30 are connected to the rear ends of the bars 11 and are trained over suitably supported grooved wheels 31 and are connected as near as possible to the center and lower edges of the lower series of plates 21. The springs 26 and 27 are comparatively light so that the Weight of the disks lion the bars 11 or 12 will .draw on the flexible elements 28 or 30 to move the cards 18 away from the sight opening, but when a record is withdrawn from its compartment, the springs will in fluence the bars 11 or 12 in an upward direc tion to bring a card having inscription thereon corresponding to that on the record opposite the display opening. The card containing compartments are also arranged be low the tone chamber of the phonograph.

The flexible elements 28 and 30 are guided through suitable openings provided therefor through the board 24 and through a similar board 32 disposed below the lower series of plates 21,

To illuminate the display cards at night, I secure on the upper face of each of the bars 11 and 12 contact plates 33 respectively. To the sides of the cabinet, adjacent to the rear of the wall 7, and in a line with the upper walls provided by the respective openings 8 and 9 there are secured cross sectionally rounded rods 34 and 35 respectively. Coiled around each of these rods there is a wire 36, the respective spirals ,of which being in the path of contact with the plates 33 on the respective bars 11 and 12. Between the plates 11 and 12 and the rods 3d and 35 there are guide means 38 and 39 respectively, the said guide means being secured to the bars 34: and 35 and passing through suitable openings in the contact members 33 and 3 The spiral contact 37, as disclosed in Figure 5 of the drawings, is connected with a conductor 4-0 that leads to the lamp bulbs 17 and from thence to a suitcurrent.

able source of electric energy which may be in the nature of a battery 41 or the house The return wire 42 is connected to the contact plates 33. Thus when a record is withdrawn and the spring influenced bar or floor in the compartment receiving such record is moved by the spring influenced card frames or plates, the bulbs 17 will be illuminated, The electric circuit is controlled, however, hy a switch 13 so that such illumination need only occur at night.

Preferably, one or both sides of the cabinet 1 opposite the series of frame or casing holding plates for the cards 18 are provided with openings closed by doors whereby access may be obtained to the interior of the casing and the cards properly arranged on their respective plates or removed therefrom as occasion requires.

l Vhile I have illustrated a satisfactory embodiment of my improve-d device, my features of invention are capable of extended application, and I donot wish to be limited to the specific structure shown and described. v ng claim 1. A phonograph cabinet having a sight described the invention, I

opening in the face thereof and having cards disposed to the near and spring influenced away from the sight opening, said cabinet having compartments for records, a pivoted bar providing he floor of each ,compartment and influenced to downward swinging movement by the weight of a disk record thereon, and flexible means connecting said bars with the respective cards to permit of the latter being influenced by the springs associated therewith to bring the same'opposite the sight opening and when a record is withdrawn from (compartment.

2. A cabinet phonograph having ,an inwardly flanged opening in the face thereof, and upper and lower series of cards disposed to the rear but normally away from the opening, spring means influencing the cards in such direction, record holding compartments in the cabinet each having a (l Wn- Wardly swingable floor and in liuenced in such direction by the weight of a record thereon, means limiting the swinging of the floors in two directions, means guiding the floors in the swinging thereof, and a flexible element between each card and each floor for permitting the springs to influence said cards to bring the same opposite the sight opening when a record has been removed from a compartment.

3. A cabinet phonograph having an inwardly flanged opening in the face thereof, and upper and lower" series of cards disposed to the rear but normally away from the opening, spring means infiuencingtlie cards in such direction, record holdingcompartments in the cabinet each having a downwardly swingable floor and influenced in such direction by the weight of a record thereon, means limiting the swinging of the floors in two directions, means guiding the floors in the swinging thereof, and a flexible element between each card and each floor for permitting the springs to influence said cards to bring the same opposite the sight opening when a record has been removed from a compartment, and means in the sight opening for illuminating the displayed card.

4. A cabinet phonograph having a sight opening below the tone chamber thereof and having superimposed series of disk record compartments below the sight opening, of indicia carrying plates arranged in spaced series in the cabinet above and below the sight opening, spring means influencing the plates to arrange the indicia thereon in a line with the sight opening, a flexible element connected with each plate, guide means therefor, a pivoted floor in each of the compartments to which the respective flexible elements are connected, and said floors designed to be depressed by the weight of a record thereon for holding'the indicia carrying plates normally away from the sight opening.

5. A. cabinet phonograph having a sight opening below the tone chamber thereof and having superimposed series of disk record compartments below the sight opening, of indicia carrying plates arranged in spaced series in the cabinet above and below the sight opening, spring means influencing the plates to arrange the indicia thereon in a line with the sight opening a flexible element connected with each plate, guide means therefor, a pivoted floor in each of the compartments to which the respective flexible elements are connected, said floors designedto be depressed by the weight of arecord thereon for holding the indicia carrying plates normally away from the sight opening, and means controlled by the swinging of the floors through the medium of the spring influenced plates associated therewith, and when the weight of a record is removed therefrom, for illuminating the displayed indicia.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

RALPH LIBERIO. 

